Date of Issue : 12 January 2012
The theme of the EUROPA 2012 stamps is tourism. The European postal organization, Posteurop, whose members consist of 40+ postal organizations, determines the theme each year. Individual members then decide themselves which motifs they will use on their own stamps. A landscape from Dalarna and a panorama view of Stockholm with the Globe in the foreground are used for this year's Swedish EUROPA stamps.
The choice of motifs matches the results of a survey conducted by the Visit Sweden, a tourist organization that markets Sweden internationally.
The Dalarna province has been a frequent motif on stamps and in the 1970s Sweden Post issued a booklet, In Dalom, that depicted well-known tourist attractions. A panorama view of Stockholm was depicted on a stamp as early as 1924, and in conjunction with its inauguration in 1989 the Globe appeared on a stamp for the first time.
Bosnia and Herzegovina (Croat post)
To be issued on : 5 April 2012
Andorra (Spanish post)
Date of Issue: 4 April 2012
Royal Mail (UK)
Date of Issue : 10 April 2012
This is the only stamp out of a set of fourteen stamps to be issued by Royal Mail on April 10, 2012 that bears the official Europa Logo.
View all : Europa stamps
